解く
とく
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack
- to unsew; to unstitch
- to solve; to work out; to answer
- to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.); to clear up; to remove (suspicion); to appease
- to dissolve (a contract); to cancel; to remove (a prohibition); to lift (a ban); to raise (a siege)
- to release (from duty); to relieve; to dismiss
- to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair) (also written as 梳く) See also: 溶かす (とかす).
Kanji
- 解 undo. Read as とく.
Example sentences
- 君はもう問題を全部解いたのですか。
Have you solved all the problems yet? - 君はその問題を解くことができましたか。
Could you solve the problem? - 君がこの問題を解くのはたやすい。
It is easy for you to solve this problem. - 彼がその問題をやすやすと解いたのに驚いた。
We were surprised at the ease with which he solved the problem. - われわれは、彼がその問題を解いた容易さに驚いた。
We were surprised at the ease with which he solved the problem.
Common phrases
- 問題を解く
- 謎を解く (なぞをとく) to solve a mystery
- 封印を解く
- 任を解かれる (にんをとかれる) to be relieved of one's post
- 誤解を解く
- 方程式を解く
- 呪いを解く
- パズルを解く
- 暗号を解く
- 警戒を解く
- 拘束を解く
- 任を解く
- 連立方程式を解く
- 警戒心を解く (けいかいしんをとく) to let down one's guard
- 武装を解く (ぶそうをとく) to lay down one's arms
Related forms
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